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FEED TROUGH. No. 266,636. Patented 061;. 31, 1662.

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JAMES J. JOHNSTON, OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATES IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

FEED-TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,836, dated October 31, 1882.

Application led February 23, 1882.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES J. JOHNSTON, of Columbiana, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Feed and Vater Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being 'had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in feed and water apparatus; and it consists ot' a vessel constructed of cast-iron and provided with a cap or lid made in two parts, one of which is permanently secured to the top of said vessel and the other part pivoted thereon, said vessel having a bitching-ring and adapted to be supported on the upper end ot' a bitchingpost, as will hereinafter more fully and atlarge appear.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, l will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure l is a vertical section of my improvement in feed and water apparatus. Fig. 2 represents the feed and water apparatus when applied to an ordinary wooden bitching-post. Fig. 3v is a horizontal section of the base at line Q/ y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view of the feed and water apparatus.

tei'erence being had to the accompanying` drawings, A represents the base for the hitching-post, said base having openings B and C for the reception of the post D, which, at the lower end, is provided with screw-threads, which tit screw-threads in the opening Bof the base A. The lower limb of the base is provided with side projections, h, as shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of bracing it or preventing it tilting sidewise, and is also furnished with an inward-projecting flange, g, for giving strength to said base. The post D is constructed of iron tubingsuch as gaspipe-and the lower and upper ends furnished with screw-threads. On the upper end of the post (No model.)

D is secured a vessel, E, constructed of castiron, which is provided with a cap or lid made in two parts, F and G, the part F being permanently secured to the vessel E, and the part G pivoted at a on a projecting pin, l), on the part F, the upper end of which pin is furnished with screw-threads, upon which is screwed an ornament, c, for holding the pivoted part G to its place on the part F. The vessel E has a side projection, L, for increasing the opening of the vessel with the part G of the lid corresponding in forni to the said projection L, as shown in Figs. l and 4. The part G has a pivot-bearing, which extends from the line i to the line j, which bearing relieves the pin I) and the knuckle a from undue strain` O11 the side ot' the vessel is a projection, H, having a bitching-ring, 1. On the bottom of the vessel is a downWard-projecting flange, J, which is furnished with screw-threads for the purpose of securing it on the post D, as shown in Fig. l. Said ange may be extended downward, as indicated by the dotted lines, and secured to the post by means of screws passing through said flange and into the post, as indicated in Figs. l and 2.

I have described the vessel E as being secured to an iron tubular post,D; but it may be secured to an ordinary wooden post, as shown in Fig. 2, in which case the bottom ange, J, should be elongated for the purpose of receiving woodscrews, as indicated at e and j'.

In the country it is often desirable to feed theliorse of a person visiting from a distance who does not wish his horse placed in the stable, or when there is no room in the stable. In such case the usual mode is to place the feed in a bucket, which the horse is liable to upset, and thereby waste the feed, and often injure or destroy the bucket. By having the bitching-post provided with a vessel, as here iubefore described, the first case is provided for and the disadvantages attendant upon the latter case overcome. Farmers in the summer or warm weather frequently desire to feed their horses or milk cows in the barn-yard. In such case the advantage of having feeding and watering apparatus construeted as hcreinbeiore described will be apparent without further dehase A, all constructed, arranged, and operatscription. ing substantially as herein described, and for Having thus described my improvement, the purpose set forth. what I claim as new is JAMES J. JOHNSTON. 5 In a feed and Water apparatus, the comb- Witnesses:

nation of the vessel A, having a tubular pro- T. D. D; OURAND, jecting ange, J, pivoted lid G, post D, and FRED. G. DIETERICH. 

